Combination day and sleeping railroad coach



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Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

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ALBERT E. HUTT, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

COMBINATION DAY AND SLEEPING RAILROAD COACH.

Application filed March 22, 1328. Serial No. 263,912.

My invention relates to a combination day and sleeping railroad coach in which the present inconvenience and discomfort of the conventional so-called Pullman coaches are eliminated, such inconveniences and discomforts being the lack of privacy and room to dress and undress in a berth, also the lack of proper accommodation for ones clothes and the necessity of using a common toilet room for washing, shaving, and the like.

My invention consists of a novel. construction of railroad coach having a central longitudinal aisle or passageway, and individual compartments on each side of said aisle for each passenger, such compartments being so constructed and disposed that when used as sleeping quarters, there is provided, besides the berth, a space where the passenger can dress and undress in a standing position, and there is provided an individual wash bowl and mirror for his use, thus doing away with the necessity of providing common wash 1 rooms at each end of the coach.

My invention further consists of a novel arrangement of compartments so constructed and located that half of their number are 10- cated in a position above the other half of said compartments in such manner that standing portions of upper compartments are above the sleeping portions of the lower compartments, and the standing portions of the lower compartments are below the sleeping portions of the upper compartments, it being possible by this method to provide head clearance for the average passenger in the standing portions of both the upper and lower compartments.

My invention further consists of a novel means of retaining the present conventional seating arrangement inwhich both the upper and lower passengers occupy the lower compartment during the day time.

My invention further consists of novel means of providing heating and ventilating facilities for each compartment that can be regulated and controlled by each individual passenger to suit his own taste and requirements without interfering with the comfort or convenience of the other passengers.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists of the novel construction hereinafter described and finally claimed.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same has been found in organized and that my invention is not limit-' ed to the precise arrangement and organiza-' tion of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood. from the following description taken'in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1, represents a longitudinal sectional View of a railroad coach embodyin my invention, the section being taken a ong the central aisle.

Fig. 2, represents a section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

F'g. 4, is a view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5, is a view taken on the line '55 of Fig.2.

Fig. 6, represents a View taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7, represents an enlarged View of seats when used as a day coach.

Fig. 8, represents a similar view showing seats when used as a night coach.

Fig. 9, represents a section on line 99 of.

Fig. 8.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Reference numeral 1 designates my novel construction of convertible railroad day coach and sleeping car, which structure comprises the bottom or floor 2 of the car, the top 3, the sides 4 and 5, the end vestibules 6, and the usual steps 7 8 designates the central lon itudinal aisle which is formed between t e walls 9 and 10, and is accessible from either end of the car or coach through the vestibules 6 which are themselves reached through conventional doors.

Referring now specifically to Fig. 1, there is shown the ends'of the coach and three sections, each of which comprises an upper and a lower compartment in different stages of make-up. The section to the left shows an arrangement when used as a day coach. The

. shows an arrangement whereby both upper and lower compartments are used at night as sleeping quarters, each compartment being shown closed as it would be if occupied. In the arrangement, 16 and 17 indicate removable panels of any suitable material, and 18 designates a door hinged in any suitable manner, preferably to the panel 17 and al lows ingress and egress to the lower compartment. The panels 16 and 17, and also the door 18, may be stored away in the daytime, in any suitable place, preferably in the compartments above the lower compartments with which they co-act.

The sect-ion at the right hand side of Fig. 1 shows both the upper and lower compartquarters, and for the purpose of illustration, the door 13 as shown in the other section is in open position and the hinged member 14 has been removed, and the panels 16 and 17 including the door 18, have also been removed. It will be seen that one. seat 12 retains its original position, but that the back 19 of this seat has been folded back behind the partition 15 to rest upon the support 20, and also that the other seat 12 has been moved from its original position and placed next to the left hand seat so that the combination of the two seats plus the back 19 form a berth, bed, or couch on which is placed a mattress 21. The back 22 of the right hand seat can be placed in any suitable position out of the way, such as shown. It will be seen that by this rearranging of the seats that in addition to forming a berth or bed there is also provided standingroom to the right of the compartment.

23 represents a movable wash bowl and 24 a mirror which are swung into position after the seats have been rearranged. The wash bowl and mirror, when the lower compartment is used as a day coach,-occupy the ositions shown in .the left hand section beore described. The reference numeral 25 represents the wash bowls for the u per compartments, and 26 the mirrors a ove them. 27 represents the berth or' bed of the upper compartment. 28 designates radiators in the lower compartment, and 29 radiators in the upper compartments. 30 designates a door to a toilet at one end of the coach.

ment as arranged when used as sleeping of the coach butin the opposite side of the central aisle which is shown in Fig. 2. The reference numerals 32 and 33 indicate doors to closets which can be used for storage of linen and other articles, that part of the closet behind the door 83 being used to accommodate the bowl 23 of the adjacent lower compartment when said compartment is used as a day coach. The reference numeral 34, see Fig. 2, indicates a door through which the coach porter can reach his'bed or couch 35 by means of the rungs 36, said bed 35 be- -ing placed transversely of the coach and cut embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being bad to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing; description to indicate the scope'of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toseoure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a passenger railroad coach a central longitudinal aisle, upper and lower passen-- of the average standing passenger and a reclining section in which the height is less than that of the average standing passenger,

seats provided in said lower compartment for the'accommodation of both the upper and lower compartment passengers, and means for converting said seats into a bed for the use of the lower compartment passengers.

2. In a passenger railroad coach, a central longitudinal aisle, upper and lower passenger compartments on eac side of sa d alsle, the upper compartments being pos1t1oned above the lower compartments, both upper and lower compartments having sections of different heights, the section of greater height in the upper compartment being above the section of lesser height in the lower compartment and the section of lesser height in the upper comartment being above the section of greater There is another toilet 31 at the other end eight in the lower compartment, the section of greater height in the upper compartment being the standing portions of the upsection of greater height of the lower compartment being the standing portion of the lower compartment and the remainin part of said section of greater height and the section of lesser height being the sleeping portion of said lower compartment, a couch or bed in said upper compartment, seats in said lower compartment for the use of both the upper and lower compartment passengers, said seats being adapted to be converted into a ment passenger. 1 r

3. In a passenger ra1lroad coa.ch, a central longitudinal aisle, passenger sections on each side of said aisle, each section comprising an upper and lower compartment, eachupper and lower compartment embodying both a standing and reclining portion, the standing eportions of. the upper compartments being above the reclining portions of the lower compartments, and the standing portions of the lower compartments being below the reclin ing portions of the upper compartments, the height of the staiiding portions in both the upper and-lower compartments bein greater than the height of the average standing passenger, and the height of the reclining portions of the upper compartments being less than the height of the average standing passenger, and the height of part of the reclining portions of the. lower compartments being less than the height of the average standing passenger,a couch or bed in the reclining portions of th'e'upper compartments, seats in said lower-compartments,said seats being adapted to be converted into a bed and to occupy the reclining portions of the lower compartments. 4. In a'passenger railroad coach, a central longitudinal aisle, passenger sections on each side of said aisle, each section comprising an upper and lower compartment, each upper and lower -compartment embodying both a standing and reclining portiom-the' standing portions of the upper compartments being above the reclining portions of the lower compartments, and the standin ortions of the lower compartments being be ow the'recliningortions of .the upper compartments, the heig t of the standing portions in both the upper and lower compartments bein greater than the height of the average standing passenger, and the height of the reclining portions of the upper compartments being less than the height of the average standing pascouch or bed for the use of the lower compart;'

senger, and the height of part of the reclining port-ions of the lower compartments being less than the height of the average standing passenger, a coiich or bed in the reclining portions of the upper compartments, seats in said lower compartments, said seats being adapted to be converted into a bed and to occupy the recliningportions of the lower compartments, partitions bet'weenthe reclining portions of said upper compartments and said central longitudinal aisle, removable partitions be"- tWeen the reclining portions of the lower compartments and said central longitudinal aisle, doors to the standing portions of said upper compartments, and removable doors to the standing portions of said lower compartments.

5. In a passenger railroad coach, a central longitudinal aisle, passenger sections o l each side of said aisle, each section comprising an upper and lower compartment, each upper and lower compartment embodying both a standing and reclining portion, thestanding portions of the upper compartments being above the reclining portions of the lower-compartments, the standing portions of the lower compartments being below the reclining portions of the upper compartments, the height of the standing portions in both the upper and lower compartments being greater than the height of theaverage standing passenger, the

heightofthe reclining poxflafiions of the upper compartments being less the average standing passenger, the height of part of the reclining portions of the lower compartments being less than the height of the average standing passenger, a couch or 'bed in the reclining portions of the. upper compartments, seats in said lower compartments, said seats being adapted to be con- ;verted 'into a bed and to occupy thereclining portions of the lower compartments, a

partition between the reclining portions of said upper compartments and said central longitudinal aisle, removable partitions between the reclining portions of the lower'compartments and said central longitudinal aisle,

doors to the standing ortions of said upper' compartments, remova le doors to the standan the height of ing portions of said lower compartments, a

fixed wash bowl and mirror in the standing 1 portions of said upper compartments, and a.

movable wash bowl and mirror in the standing portions of. saidlower compartments,

said wash bowl and mirror being so disposed as to be folded out of the way when the lower compartment is being used as a day coach.

ALBERT E. HUTT. 

